Fastigiella carinata

Fastigiella carinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Cerithiidae
Genus:	Fastigiella
Species:	F. carinata
Binomial name
	Fastigiella carinata; Reeve, 1848
Synonyms
	Fastigiella poulsenii Mörch, 1877

Fastigiella carinata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.

Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 53 mm.

The shell is elongately turreted and is umbilicated. The whorls are rounded. The aperture is small. The siphonal canal is very short. The columella is somewhat twisted.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 1 m.

References

^ ^a ^b Fastigiella carinata Reeve, 1848. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLOS One 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
^ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls

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[WoRMS-1] Fastigiella carinata Reeve, 1848. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.

[Welch_2010-2] Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLOS One 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

[3] Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls